According this review ThinkPad E480 (i5-8250U, RX 550) Notebook Review But the result is rather disappointing, quote: As we looked for the model number of the SSD built into the E480, we found a little surprise: The SSD with the model number LENSE20256GMSP34MEAT2TA is produced by Lenovo itself. This...

I no longer enjoy wine (and food in general) that was my hobby for past 15 years. I used to attend at least one wine tasting event per week and most of my travel activities were focused on 'wine' countries. Unfortunately I became anosmic after a flu three years ago, there is no treatment yet when th...

Just another Lenovo "Pro" software https://www.notebookcheck.net/Lenovo-s-Fingerprint-Manageer-Pro-exposed-user-passwords-security-update-released.280494.0.html https://support.lenovo.com/us/en/product_security/len-15999 A vulnerability has been identified in Lenovo Fingerprint Manager Pro. Sensitiv...

If Google are so untrustworthy why did they setup Project Zero to discover Zero-Day vulnerabilities. The QA departments at Microsoft and Intel don't make me feel very secure at all. There are many other subjects that do the same, including Microsoft. It is the IT media that makes the Google one mor...

Too late IMO...the trust - whatever was left of it to begin with - is gone, at least in my case. It is funny while people do trust companies like Google, Facebook, Twitter, Snapchat, Instagram etc. Those subjects rely 99% on targeted ads income so they have to spy user's private data to survive. Mi...

Most of the other functions I listed would still work, even GPS because the "Here WeGo" app allows you to download maps (via WiFi) and use the GPS offline. That's how I use my old Microsoft Lumia 435 phone. It is cheap small 4" device with terrible low-res TN display but the GPS is suprisingly very...

Lenovo has changed BIOS update availability status for almost all devices to Target availability TBD from previous already particular date announced and many of them returned to Researching stage. It seems as patching the issue is more complex task than expected.

https://www.anandtech.com/show/12246/lenovo-unveils-new-thinkpad-x1-carbon-x1-yoga-laptops The paragraph about Dolby Vision HDR reminds terrible Dell's Dynamic Backlight Control (you can't turn off) users hated too much that Dell had to release a BIOS update to get rid of it :( On the other hand Len...

No, both vulnerabilities are not able to install anything, at least according today knowledge. They can silently read data from the process address space, that means typed and saved passwords in browser, as long as the browser tab with malicious script is open.

To steal passwords typed in real-time, installing a keylogger is probably 10 million times easier, and requires no special knowledge of any vulnerabilities of any CPUs. Installing keylogger on properly secured machine is much more complicated than run a malicious JavaScript in browser you can't det...

As you can understand from reading all the technical documentation released so far, the techniques required to create these exploits are not trivial by any stretch of imagination. But given the amount of machines affected and complicated path to protect them (BIOS update etc.), it is very very temp...

I guess Intel will release CPU microcode fix for 2nd gen Sandy Bridge as well. It is just Lenovo that won't bother to create a new BIOS version so it is up to Microsoft to deliver the updated CPU microcode on Windows boot.

No update for Sandy Bridge surprises me because they produced ME updates for Arandale about 6 months ago. Regardless I will patch my Windows 7 and still only run Javascript on trusted and necessary sites. Maybe some firewall rules for for add on utilities wouldn't go astray. The Meltdown bug is fix...